Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-06

! Fe, by accepting this proposition, would
not be able to compete on Pacific coas
! through traffic, as it has to protect severa
points in New Mexico.
A SAN ANGELO ROAD.
CITIZEN ASKS THAT WACO TAKE STEPS
TO PUT ONE THROUGH.
Special to the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, March MIR. Charles
E. Davidson, a prominent citizens o.
San Angelo, is in the city, and in an in
terview with a GAZETTE reporter he stated
most emphaticaliy that mis- people
want railroad connection with Waco
Mr.. Davidson says there are many rea.
sons why they want this road. In the
banks at San Angelo there is surplus OF
$500, 900 and not q correspondent with
/ Waco. The people like Waco and would
like TO do business with our merchants
but because there is no direct connection
with this city they are compelled to do
their exchange business with Fort Worth
and Dallas. It costs $50 per head to
ship beeves On the Texas and Pacific sta
ton from San Angelo to Chicago; with
q railroad direct to this city these beeves
can be shipped to Waco to be slaughtered
by the Waco Dressed Beef Company, and
then shipped 10 eastern and northern
markets, and the saving will be many
thousand dollars every year TO the people
of Tom Green and other counties.
Mr.. Davidson says there are large de-
posits Of coal in McCulloch county near
the right of way for railroad from
Waco to San Angelo, and this alone
should lie an inducement for our PEG
pie to endeavor to build the road. These
are only few of the many advantages
Mr.. Davidson offers for tie rall-
road to be built. To questions put
by Mr.. James l. Moore, who is a
member of the railroad committee OF
fifteen, and who was present u the inter-
view, Mr.. Davidson said any correspond
enCe with his people on tie sUbiscs of
building road to Waco would be en-
tered into most heartily. "Write TO
Them" said Mr.. Davidson, "and l am
sure that you will receive guarantee
that our people will grade twenty five
miles, and give the right of way for L
railroad to Waco" The matter, as pre-
sented by Mr.. Davidson, will be laid be-
fore the committee of fifteen, which will
decide what Waco can do in the premises.
AGREAT SYSTEM.
THE FORT WORTH AND DENVER, DENVER,
TEXAS AND FORT WORTH AND DENVER,
TEXAS AND GULF.
The Fort Worth and Denver City, the
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth and the
Denver, Texas and Gulf Railroads are to
be consolidated into oneline, making, eX
elusive of branches, a railroad 500 miles
long. 1t will be trunk line connecting
by the shortest practicable route the
whole Rocky Mountain country with the
commerce of the Atlantic ocean, via the
Gulf of Mexico.
From Oregon and Montana, it Will save
from 600 to 700 miles of rsil-haul 10 At
lsntic tide water, over going to New
York; from Denver it will save 1000 miles
and from Southern Colorado from 100 to
1900 miles. The railroads in Texas with
which it is to connect, make access to
all ports on the gulf of Mexico easy and
direct; and from Fort Worth by compe
ting lines to Galveston and New Orleans.
1t will have connection from Walsen-
burgh, from Pueblo, Colorado Springs
and Denver, with most of the important
points in the Rocky Mountains. 1t will
make the short line to Atlantic tide water,
for the whole of the import and export
trade of the Rocky Mountain country,
from and including Colorado to the line
of British Columbia.
The competition for the trade of Mon
tana, Idaho and Oregon by the Northern
Pacific will make the Union Pacific Road
necessarily avail of this short line to the
sea, in order TO secure the export of ores,
copper matt and bullion and the import
of eastern, southern and foreign goods,
wares and merchandise from and to that
region of country. The export of these
mineral products, from Butte City alone,
now amounts to thousands of tons month
" which by this route Will have their
shortest raii-hAul end cheapest ocean
freight, as ballast under cotton, TO the
markets of Europe, where the copper has
the highest value, Gs wei as to the whole
of our Atlantic coast.
1t will be the most direct practicable
line of railroad for the transportation OF
stock cattle from TeXas to the fattening
pastures of Colorado, Wyoming and
Montana and will to large extent take
the business from "the trail" 1t will
also be the cheapest and best route II the
markets of the world for, the beef when
fattened.
1t will bring the pine, Icypress and other
timbers from the Gulf coast, more directly
and cheaper to Colorado than possible
from any other source of supply.
1t will be the route over which supplies
of tropical and esrly fruits and vegeta-
bles, can be brought quicker and cheaper
than from any other source or by any
other route. It will be most direct route
for travel from the Gulf states to and
from their nearest and most attractive
mountain resorts. 1t will be the shortest
line to the sea for the Rocky Mountain
country and the route over which its fish,
oysters and other marine supplies can be
obtained quicker and cheaper than by
any other.
On the first 400 miles of main line from
Denver to the Canadian river in Texas, 1t
passes four important coal fields, each
giving different, but excellent variety
Of coal, at Franceville, Wslsenburgh,
Trinidad and the Rabbit Ear Mountain.
That at Trinidad (the Ration nlountains)
being of an excellent coking quality. These
coal deposits are oil Except the Rabbit
Ear extensively worked and assure E |